MP Goodyear ignoring votership

Cambridge Times

As shots are fired back and forth in the F-35 debate, the numbers seem to get confusing. Cambridge MP Gary Goodyear does not dispute the $46 billion life-cycle cost of the F-35, while acknowledging that the Conservative government’s auditing procedure was initially inadequate, yet he seems to be very angry at Liberal defence critic John McKay’s assertion of the very same facts.

What I find more troubling is Goodyear’s naked hatred of Liberals. He flat out states he will not listen to any Liberal, at any level, ever. As Parliament further declines into a partisan circus, Goodyear appears to be one of the ring leaders.

To write and publish such partisan statement is an embarrassment to himself, to the riding of Cambridge, and to his position as a cabinet minister in the government of Canada.

Goodyear’s statement writes off 20 per cent of the electorate in Canada that voted Liberal. His party has shown similar disdain for the other opposition parties, ignoring a total of 60.48 per cent of Canadians who voted in the last election.

The ease with which the Goodyear dismisses opposition voices is disturbing. Canadians expect a government that can listen, unite, and lead – not ignore three of every five voters.

Goodyear’s schoolyard bully tactics have no place in a well-functioning government. It’s no wonder that Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Goodyear remain the Conservative government and not the government of Canada.